Fontaines-sur-Grandson is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Fontaines-sur-Grandson has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.85 square kilometers (3.03 sq mi).

[5] The municipality stretches between the foot of the Jura Mountains and the border with the Canton of Neuchatel.

It includes seasonal alpine herding camps around Chasseron mountain.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, fours Pales wavy Azure, chief Or masoned Sable.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (113 or 85.6%), with German being second most common (18 or 13.6%) and Russisch being third (1 or 0.8%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Fontaines-sur-Grandson is; 18 children or 12.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 21 teenagers or 14.8% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Fontaines-sur-Grandson is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.63% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 48 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.5%.

[9] There were 69 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 50.7% of the workforce.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 19 or 14.4% were Roman Catholic, while 85 or 64.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[18] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.